Category: USA Olympic team

The Americans failed to reach their medal target, and other countries will catch up in the sports where Team USA thrivedOn the surface the United States’ collective showing at the Pyeongchang Olympics doesn’t look so bad: 23 medals and nine golds, good…

USA win first gold medal in curling with 10-7 win over SwedenJohn Shuster double takeout earns decisive five-point eighth endLatest medal table | Full event scheduleThe United States have won their first ever gold medal in curling with a stunning upset…

USA win first gold medal in curling with 10-7 win over SwedenJohn Shuster double takeout earns decisive five-point eighth endLatest medal table | Full event scheduleThe United States have won their first ever gold medal in curling with a stunning upset…

American women used to be a fixture on the skating podium at the Winter Olympics. But now failure is the new normalA mentally spent Mirai Nagasu told reporters she couldn’t wait to fly home after ending her Olympics on Friday afternoon with a disappoin…

Americans were aiming to win 37 medals heading into the GamesAthletes such as Nathan Chen and Lindsey Jacobellis missed medalsIt was a sweeping goal, spelled out on a colorful, full-screen slide and presented to leaders of the US Olympic Committee in a…

For UK viewers only American teenager Chloe Kim shrugged off the weight of expectation to soar to Olympic gold in the snowboard halfpipe. Kim dominated the final, earning a score of 93.75 in her opening run, before topping it with a near-perfect mark o…

US teenager is tipped to take title at Bogwang Phoenix ParkEmail beau.dure.freelance@theguardian.com or tweet @DureSportLatest medal table | Full event schedule 1.21am GMT Maddie Mastro is sort of the overlooked American here. She’s only 17 but was on…

American wins amid brutal wind and cold that hampers competitionAustralia’s Tess Coady blames conditions for injuryJamie Anderson is a repeat Olympic champion after retaining her ladies’ slopestyle title on a day that will remembered for hazardous cros…

American freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy insists that he has ‘less to compartmentalise’ and that his gay advocacy won’t distract him, as he prepares to compete in his second Winter Olympics.Kenworthy was the silver medallist in USA’s slopestyle clean swe…

Speedskater was tied with Erin Hamlin for Olympic honorSays USA team acted ‘dishonorably’ when making decisionIt was a feel-good story for a few hours: luge veteran Erin Hamlin gets the chance to enter her last Olympics carrying the US flag into the op…

Procter & Gamble to ‘evaluate’ whether to renew deal next year.Kellogg’s, Under Armour and Hershey’s are also ready to move on.Procter & Gamble will “evaluate” next year whether to negotiate another sponsorship deal with USA Gymnastics, it has …

Former USA goalkeeper Hope Solo apologises for describing the Swedish football team as cowards after the USA were knocked out of the Olympics by Sweden. Speaking on Swedish TV on Friday, the former keeper again said she was sorry for the comments. Solo was suspended for six months by US Soccer for making disparaging comments about Sweden’s team

Solo called the Swedes “a bunch of cowards” for focusing on defense rather than attacking the three-time defending champion US team. Sweden eliminated the USA 4-3 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw in a quarterfinal match.

Solo called the Swedes “a bunch of cowards” for focusing on defense rather than attacking the three-time defending champion US team. Sweden eliminated the USA 4-3 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw in a quarterfinal match.

Female athletes were responsible for 61 of the 121 medals stockpiled by Team USA in Rio – but it’s the preconceptions they shattered that matter even more

Records are made to be broken, but stereotypes can prove a bit more stubborn. The women of the United States’ Olympic team managed to make a mockery of both at the Rio Games.

Female athletes were responsible for 61 of the 121 medals stockpiled by Team USA in Brazil, marking the second straight Summer Olympics where they finished with more silverware than their male counterparts. If the women of Team USA broke away and formed a sovereign nation, their 27 gold medals would have matched Great Britain for the most of any country – and they would have placed fourth in the overall medal count.

After a whirlwind day in which Brazilian police presented strong evidence contradicting American swimmer Ryan Lochte’s allegations that he had been robbed at gunpoint, the US Olympic Committee apologized for the behavior of four of its athletes, including Lochte.

The US Olympic Committee announced late on Thursday that Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger had provided statements to Brazilian police and their passports were returned. The pair had been pulled off a flight home the previous night as local authorities tried to unravel what actually happened early on Sunday morning when Lochte reported that he, Bentz, Conger and James Feigen were robbed at a gas station by men claiming to be police officers.